1. jennifer hudson, doing right by the reverend al green
with her first-couple's-first-dance version of "let's stay together":

aaaand . . . my favorite moment of the 2013 inauguration?
the one captured at the top of the post —
president obama, as he exited the ceremony,
pausing & turning around to take a moment to take it all in.
"i want to take a look one more time," he said.
"i'm not going to see this again."